1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index e5da394d1ca3..c9ec050bcf46 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static int zero;
 static int __maybe_unused one = 1;
 static int __maybe_unused two = 2;
 static int __maybe_unused four = 4;
+static unsigned long zero_ul;
 static unsigned long one_ul = 1;
 static unsigned long long_max = LONG_MAX;
 static int one_hundred = 100;
@@ -1750,7 +1751,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
                 .maxlen         = sizeof(files_stat.max_files),
                 .mode           = 0644,
                 .proc_handler   = proc_doulongvec_minmax,
-                .extra1         = &zero,
+                .extra1         = &zero_ul,
                 .extra2         = &long_max,
         },
         {